Friday, July 1, 2011

July 01

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1770 Lexell's Comet passed closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 a.u. Peter Hammill The Comet, the Course, the Tail In Camera
2 1837 A system of the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales. Exclaim Dedicated to All Records Critical Exploder
3 1858 Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society. I Am Robot and Proud Read and Re-read The Catch
4 1863 American Civil War: the Battle of Gettysburg begins. Dave Greenslade Gettysburg Cactus Choir
5 1870 The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence. The Constantines Justice The Constantines
6 1874 The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale. Braid American Typewriter Age of Octeen
7 1881 The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States. Doves Where We're Calling From The Last Broadcast
8 1935 Grant Park Music Festival begins its tradition of free summer symphonic music concert series in Chicago's Grant Park, which continues as the United States' only annual free outdoor classical music concert series. Dungen Festival Ta Det Lugnt
9 1943 Tokyo City merges with Tokyo Prefecture and is dissolved. Since then, no city in Japan has had the name "Tokyo" (present-day Tokyo is not officially a city). Tokyo Police Club Boots of Danger (Boys Like Us Remix) Boots of Danger (Boys Like Us Remix)
10 1959 Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the U.S.A., the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries. Moving Units Until She Says (We are Enfant Terrible Remix) Tension War
11 1963 ZIP Codes are introduced for United States mail. Bob B Soxx & the Blue Jeans Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Back to Mono (1958-1969)
12 1979 Sony introduces the Walkman. The Walkmen We've Been Had The Walkmen

(Historical facts about July 01 are from Wikipedia.)

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